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It was named "Marine Corps Air Station, Santa Ana" in 1966 and renamed Marine Corps Air Station Tustin in 1979. During the Vietnam War , the base was a center for on-going testing of radar installations (including the Sperry TPS-34) which were erected, tested, disassembled and shipped to South Vietnam .
Tustin officials are increasing pressure on the state and Navy, which owns the hangar at the defunct Marine Corps Air Station, to support cleanup efforts.
TUSTIN, CA - NOVEMBER 07: A stubborn fire at hangars at the former Tustin Air Base burns Warner Avenue and Legacy on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023 in Tustin, CA. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times) (Irfan ...
The historic hangar was one of two built in 1942 for the U.S. Navy in the city of Tustin, about 35 miles (56 kilometers) southeast of Los Angeles. At the time, the Navy used lighter-than-air ships ...
The L-8 airship control car is on display at the museum. [24] [25] Airship L-8 crashed after its crew, for some unknown reason, departed the airship on 16 August 1942 off the coast of San Francisco, California. Two N-class blimp control cars are on display at the Museum. The K-47 Control car on static display at the Museum. [26]
The Tustin blimp hangars were Orange County's version of the Watts Towers: beloved architectural marvels of a bygone time. They shouldn't have suffered such an ignominious end. Column: O.C. let ...
A view of six US Navy blimps in one of the two hangars located at NAS Santa Ana, California Hangar No. 2 at the former Marine Corps Air Station Tustin LTA Hangar built by African American Seabees of the 80th Naval Construction Battalion at Carlsen Field Trinidad, B.W.I. for ZP-51 of Fleet Airship Wing 5 in 1943
Parks and schools were closed Thursday in a Southern California city after officials found asbestos in the charred debris of an historic World War II-era blimp hangar. The city of Tustin closed at ...